Top 10 poll #9: #9 player in history - Runoff

[MilkSpiller22]

(Which I never did, btw)

Or die on the hill that Mantle or Gehrig belong as high as they were listed (Mantle at #8 is a strong enough joke to close out a Dave Chappelle comedy special)

i was not fighting for Gehrig... i was fighting for mantle...

 

[msgkings322]

i was not fighting for Gehrig... i was fighting for mantle...

And you won that fight. He's too high up but the voters have spoken.

 

[LHG]

Anyone involved in these threads are crazy people. On the Giants board, we all acknowledge that we are all crazy obsessive jack holes.

Being a wonk for your team is par for the course on tHoop.

I prefer "weirdo who is uncommonly focused on minutiae."

 

[MilkSpiller22]

And you won that fight. He's too high up but the voters have spoken.

i was actually anti Gehrig until he won... and he only got my vote because of who he was against...

 

[LHG]

i was actually anti Gehrig until he won... and he only got my vote because of who he was against...

I don't think Gehrig's spot is that off. I'd preferred Johnson above him (and maybe Hornsby) but Aaron should also have been below him too.

 

[calsnowskier]

i was not fighting for Gehrig... i was fighting for mantle...

And Mantle is the more egregious of the two.

 

[calsnowskier]

I prefer "weirdo who is uncommonly focused on minutiae."

Shut up, us.

 

[msgkings322]

i was actually anti Gehrig until he won... and he only got my vote because of who he was against...

Mantle, the one you fought for. Not Gehrig. Mantle is too high IMO

 

[calsnowskier]

i was actually anti Gehrig until he won... and he only got my vote because of who he was against...

I haven’t agreed with a pick since Bonds, I think…. And even he got his spot at least 1 slot too low.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Mantle. Not Gehrig. Mantle is too high IMO

and there we would have to agree to disagree...

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I haven’t agreed with a pick since Bonds, I think…. And even he got his spot at least 1 slot too low.

well, you know my opinion about Bonds... he is either 2(or 1), or not on the list at all...

and Hank Aaron is a little polarizing... if you look deeper into his career, his best seasons are better than you think...

 

[msgkings322]

and there we would have to agree to disagree...

Which is what we are all doing every day here. That's the fun of it.

 

[msgkings322]

I haven’t agreed with a pick since Bonds, I think…. And even he got his spot at least 1 slot too low.

You don't like Ruth at #1?

 

[calsnowskier]

You don't like Ruth at #1?

I voted Mays, but I am 100 OK with Ruth at 1.

But my statement was that I haven’t agreed with a selection SINCE Bonds. I wasn’t commenting on the picks pre-Bonds.

 

[calsnowskier]

And I guess I agreed with Cobb as well, though he should have been higher also. I won’t agree with a pick moving forward until Hornsby “wins”.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

And I guess I agreed with Cobb as well, though he should have been higher also. I won’t agree with a pick moving forward until Hornsby “wins”.

WJ is hard not to be ok with though... I dont have him as my number one pitcher... but i cant really argue against it... or at least wouldnt argue against it...

 

[calsnowskier]

WJ is hard not to be ok with though... I dont have him as my number one pitcher... but i cant really argue against it... or at least wouldnt argue against it...

Being OK with a pick and agreeing with a pick are totally standards.

I have been “OK” with every pick so far. But I have only agreed with 3 of them (Mays, Bonds, Cobb)

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Being OK with a pick and agreeing with a pick are totally standards.

I have been “OK” with every pick so far. But I have only agreed with 3 of them (Mays, Bonds, Cobb)

i know... just saying WJ feels different than the others... just because he is a pitcher... and pitcher is so much harder to differentiate IMO...

a pitcher has to win at least one spot in the final 10, it would feel weird otherwise...

 

[calsnowskier]

i know... just saying WJ feels different than the others... just because he is a pitcher... and pitcher is so much harder to differentiate IMO...

a pitcher has to win at least one spot in the final 10, it would feel weird otherwise...

Sure. But I still have Hornsby over Clemens, so for me to AGREE, Hornsby needs to get this spot.

If it goes to Johnson, I will be OK with that too.

 

[calsnowskier]

Johnson wins handily.

I will create the #10 nom poll in an hour or so. I have a work meeting this AM that gets in the damn way.